When Sean was about 2 or 3 months old, he decided he wasn’t that into his pacifier. He would pluck it out of his mouth and throw it away as if to say, ‘This nipple-shaped piece of silicon isn’t fooling me, Dad.’ And then he’d resume crying.
At 3 months, he was sleeping on his own in his crib, and he would suck his thumb to calm down. Who needs a pacifier when you have a thumb?
‘Great,’ we thought, ‘We can ditch all these “binkies” that we never liked anyway.’
Well, just this morning, Sean was digging through his Basket o’ Toys, and he found an old binky! He looked at it like it was a piece of alien technology. He turned it all around, pinched the ‘nipple,’ pulled on the loop, and then popped it into his mouth and began sucking on it. Then he pulled it out and looked at it again, as if wondering, ‘What is this thing’s purpose? Nothing’s coming out of it…’ Then he set it aside and looked for something else to play with.
The only pacifiers Theo has ever been interested in are the ones in other kids’ mouths, which are far more fascinating than any of his ever were. When it came to comforting, the only thing he’s ever wanted in his mouth that didn’t give milk was my pinkie, and he was over that within the first couple months.We both enjoyed that…
This is such a sweet story! I finally had my baby last week after being 8 days overdue! (It’s a girl!) We’ve been trying to decide to implement the binky, I think it will only be during those dreadfully naked diaper changes that she hates so much.
Ah, yes, the ol’ pinkie finger trick. That was our solution when we found ourselves in the car with no pacifier during those early days. Now that he has teeth, we try to keep our fingers out of his mouth lest we lose a digit
Congrats on your new arrival, Navy Wife. Sean was 10 days overdue, so we know what that’s like: ‘HURRY UP, BABY! YOU’RE LATE!’
I believe Theo was exactly 18 days early. The Law of Averages strikes again.